RELATIONSHIP COLUMNISTS EXPLORE THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE | PAGE 5 WEDNESDAY Mostly cloudy January 18, 2006 Volume 112, Number 82 High: 39 | Low: 29 More weather Page 2 �THE STUDENT�������� VOICE OF WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1896 www.dailyevergreen.com Heating costs rise with burden of winter Nationwide spike in heating costs due to low temperatures, natural disasters and politics. By Vanessa Miller Daily Evergreen staff As temperatures drop, utility bills are increasing for Pullman residents. Heating bills have increased more than 20 percent from last year for local customers, depending on their living situa- tions. One cause of the increased heating bills is the cold weather that slammed the Palouse early this winter. “We had cold weather between 10 and 20 degrees for weeks [in November],” said Catherine Markson, an Avista Utilities representative. “It really DEAN HARE/DAILY EVERGREEN was just that cold.” Natalie Williams and daughter Jaiden, 6 months, are helped by Janet Moriarty as they buy stamps on Monday. The U.S. Postal Markson credited the Service has been invited back to the CUB, although P.O. boxes have not been designed back into the renovation. colder than normal month of November for high customer demand, which resulted in high bills. From November to December the amount of gas customers used more than dou- CUB final design complete bled, from 8.9 million therms to 20 million therms. Experts answer student GET OUT & GO However, turning up heat questions and comments is not the only factor in ris- about designs and renovation. ■ WHAT: CUB design forum ing costs. Nationwide cold ■ WHEN: 10:00 a.m. Thursday weather, geopolitics and natural By Jason Moll disasters are being blamed for Daily Evergreen staff ■ WHERE: Clevenger Lounge, the increased rates. Markson CUB said Hurricanes Rita and Katrina The CUB design team is had a big impact because they hosting a forum Thursday to the interior.” cut off 20 percent of the gas sup- present the completed design The format of the event will ply. for the future building and to be similar to other forums. Another factor is the Palouse discuss concerns about the Representatives from the steer- pipeline connection to the upcoming renovation. ing committee, WSU Capital Midwest. Much of the local gas Stephanie Kingsnorth, an Planning and Development, is taken to the Midwest in the architect from Pfeiffer Partners, architects from Pfeiffer Partners winter, which causes prices to go Inc., said the design team will and general contractors A rendering of the final design for the CUB renovation project. up locally, Markson said. present 3-D renderings, scale from Hoffman Construction “We can be having fine models and color and materials Company will be available to weather locally, but have bad specifically the first floor,” issues throughout the event. pallets. answer questions from 10 a.m. Kingsnorth said. “That’s what “We found last time that weather somewhere else and “We have a much more to 2 p.m. in Clevenger Lounge prices go up,” she said. we’re looking at as the main we were able to answer detailed presentation this time in the CUB. There will also be a activity floor with the highest Avista increased its rates questions more efficiently and than there has been in the presentation at noon. concentration of student life.” on a more personal level,” 20 percent starting Nov. 1; the past,” Kingsnorth said. “We “We’re looking for people to Experts will be standing by have a huge amount of mod- pay attention to the develop- to have one-on-one discussions See HEATING | Page 3 els, especially those detailing ment of the interior spaces, with students about specific See CUB | Page 4 Nuclear radiation center gets funding for fuel replacement WSU reactor to change fuel The money to pay for the fuel run on highly-enriched uranium, Russian reactors. oversee its operations. in a few years to comply with conversion, up to $7 million, will which provides the kick of an “If we’re going to impose In the interest of interna- come from the Global Threat atomic bomb more easily than rules on the rest of the world tional proliferation prevention, international standards. Reduction Initiative program, other fuels. The program hopes then the U.S. has to comply at Congress set aside the $7 mil- according to a release from the to shut down or convert Russian the same time,” said Ken Spitzer, lion to convert HEU sites at By Dan Thompson Arms Control Association. That HEU nuclear reactors in Seversk WSU associate vice provost for four state universities – Purdue, Daily Evergreen staff means no money for the project and Zheleznogorsk by 2008 and research. “This is important to Oregon State, Wisconsin and will come from the pockets of 2011, respectively. tell the rest of the world that WSU. As part of a national initia- WSU students, faculty or other But that is not enough, we’re going to make our changes However, the change from tive, the WSU Nuclear Radiation state taxpayers. according to the arms con- too.” highly-enriched uranium to low- Center will operate using a new The ultimate goal of the $98 trol release: Officials must Until a new WSU reactor enriched uranium will not affect fuel, and the federal government million initiative is to shut down vigilantly do the same domesti- director is chosen within a few will foot the bill. reactors across the world that cally that they are doing with months, Spitzer said he will See NUCLEAR | Page 4 News Tip? Coming soon Golden Globes PAC-10 preview Women’s rights Contact news editor Annette Ticknor Pullman Wal-Mart hearing Star attire: hits and misses Staff writers take a look at Celebrating the anniversary [email protected] to be held on Friday. for award show fashion. conference basketball. of Roe vs. Wade. 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